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thank you for joining us. let me begin by asking you about the comment today made by your deputy foreign minister mr. bog don november. he said today "it is impossible to exclude a victory of the syrian opposition." how would you describe the situation in syria? >> well, you know i think he went on saying that the syrian government seems to be losing ground in the fighting with the opposition and i think this is obvious. but i don't think there is anything in that statement which one can welcome or not welcome. first of all, that doesn't mean that the trouble will end any time soon. the fighting may continue for a very long time still and the battle may keep going this way or the other way for a long time because you will recall when the crisis started the predictions were that it will last for two to four months and president assad is going to be toppled but that did not happen. another important thing to remember is that even if the current stage of the crisis were to end in the so-called victory of the oppo
thank you for joining us. let me begin by asking you about the comment today made by your deputy foreign minister mr. bog don november. he said today "it is impossible to exclude a victory of the syrian opposition." how would you describe the situation in syria? >> well, you know i think he went on saying that the syrian government seems to be losing ground in the fighting with the opposition and i think this is obvious. but i don't think there is anything in that statement...
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the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences. and you will be held accountable. >> sreenivasan: in response, syria's government released a statement saying it would never use chemical weapons on its own people. the regime has never confirmed it has such weapons. there were warnings about greater curbs on the internet, as the world's nations gathered today for a summit on telecommunications. the 11-day conference in dubai is the first such review since 1988, well before the web was fully formed. the u.s. has raised concerns that china, russia, and others will seek new limits on internet access. the head of the u.n. regulatory agency insisted such claims are "completely untrue." concerns about flooding eased in northern california today, despite heavy downpours over the weekend. the region has had three powerful storms in the last week. as much as an inch of rain an hour fell in some communities yesterday. rivers swelled, but the storm moved fast
the use of chemical weapons is and would be totally unacceptable. and if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons, there will be consequences. and you will be held accountable. >> sreenivasan: in response, syria's government released a statement saying it would never use chemical weapons on its own people. the regime has never confirmed it has such weapons. there were warnings about greater curbs on the internet, as the world's nations gathered today for a summit on...
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she joins us from fargo. senator-elect welcome and congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> brown: it looks as though one of the first things you might face in office is what to do in the aftermath of the newtown shootings. you come from a strong second-amendment state. you yourself received an "a" rating from the n.r.a. but you spoke of possible changes to our gun laws. what changes specifically can you support now? >> well, i think we have to step back from all of this discussion and start really trying to examine what happened in connecticut and why it happened in connecticut. i also am a very staunch proponent of looking at our mental health system in this country and started a dressing those concerns as well. during the time that i was attorney general was also the time of columbine, there were a number of school shootings. i served as a chair of a committee that we pulled together within the national association of attorneys general to begin to discuss what we could change and i'm not willing to throw
she joins us from fargo. senator-elect welcome and congratulations. >> thank you so much. >> brown: it looks as though one of the first things you might face in office is what to do in the aftermath of the newtown shootings. you come from a strong second-amendment state. you yourself received an "a" rating from the n.r.a. but you spoke of possible changes to our gun laws. what changes specifically can you support now? >> well, i think we have to step back from all of...
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michael joins us now. michael, what is with the 140 character chunks, when did you start dolling out history this way. >> it is an antidote to the wrong looks i write. it was actually during one of the debates right here in the studio we were watching, as you remember. and christina arc, countries tina saw me looking at a search engine with twitter comments. and she said why don't you just go on twitter yourself. i said essentially i hadn't thought of that, why don't i try ooirz so as you started to post things you found along the way, before we show some of them, how do you come across these things you find that you have been putting up sm. >> well, i'm not only generally interested in presidential history but for years i've been fascinated on what images can evoke. you can see one picture, it asks a lot of questions. and i hope gets people curious about other larger issues that relate to it. >> ifill: let's show the viewers what we are talking about. this first picture i want to show shows in the foregro
michael joins us now. michael, what is with the 140 character chunks, when did you start dolling out history this way. >> it is an antidote to the wrong looks i write. it was actually during one of the debates right here in the studio we were watching, as you remember. and christina arc, countries tina saw me looking at a search engine with twitter comments. and she said why don't you just go on twitter yourself. i said essentially i hadn't thought of that, why don't i try ooirz so as you...
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give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, "ted and bill's excellent adventure" includes lincoln. he is just one of those figures if you're selling a product that's synonymous with integrity, whether it's an automobile or insurance or a remedy for sleep deprivation. >> sreenivasan: honest abe. >> absolutely. honest abe. everyone wants lincoln on their side. almost everyone can devise a rationale to justify that. we go on debating who he is, what he really believed, and how it influences our politics and our culture to this day. >> sreenivasan: and that story is not over. >> th
give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell...
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security personnel didn't like us filming here. back at the hiding spot, the officers from changdong told uss they wouldn't give up. this "we'll keep trying to petition, but we know it publicly won't lead anywhere. still, what choice is there? we have to try." they remain unconvinced abouta the depth of corruption in china, then take their word for it. the new batch of communist party leaderappointed last month.un party secretary wander corruption it it could spelt ent of the country. but doing something about it in places like chengdong province will be do you have. they say one-party state with little transparencies or accountability. the former police chief didn'ttu return our calls. but the government could make a start by listening to their own policemen because there are many here who have had enough. >> ifill: finally tonight, another way of looking at the ongoing economic crisis in greece. jeffrey brown was in athens recently and talked to two poets about hard times now and in the nation's past. >> brown: so sometimes you'r
security personnel didn't like us filming here. back at the hiding spot, the officers from changdong told uss they wouldn't give up. this "we'll keep trying to petition, but we know it publicly won't lead anywhere. still, what choice is there? we have to try." they remain unconvinced abouta the depth of corruption in china, then take their word for it. the new batch of communist party leaderappointed last month.un party secretary wander corruption it it could spelt ent of the country....
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he joins us now. ers kin bowles may be one of the people you have written about in the past who you called deficit... who were touting a phantom menace known as the fiscal cliff. am i right about that? >> fiscal cliff is not a phantom menace. the deficit right now is. the notion that something terrible will happen if we don't deal with the deficit right away. the fiscal cliff is a very different story. that's about reducing the deficit too fast. >> ifill: you call it an austerity bomb. describe what you mean by that. >> what's happening is that we are scheduled, unless something is done basically to do to ourselves gratuitously what has been happening to some of the european economies. we're going to have substantial spending cuts, substantial tax increases at a time when the dme is still very weak. of course that's a recipe for sliding back into recession. we set ourselves up with the land mine and the road in front of our economy which is not based on anything real, it's just based on our politicaln
he joins us now. ers kin bowles may be one of the people you have written about in the past who you called deficit... who were touting a phantom menace known as the fiscal cliff. am i right about that? >> fiscal cliff is not a phantom menace. the deficit right now is. the notion that something terrible will happen if we don't deal with the deficit right away. the fiscal cliff is a very different story. that's about reducing the deficit too fast. >> ifill: you call it an austerity...
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it's still with us. it's still out there. the president made a last minute statement late this afternoon. where does everything stand? >> nobody knows, judy. what happened last night in the republican caucus is precedent shattering. i mean it really is. that john boehner could not get a majority of his own caucus to support what had become the republican position, endorsed not simply by him but by republican whip kevin mccar three an republican majority leader eric cantor. and it's a real problem. i think it puts at risk boehner's own leadership and his ability to deliver republicans. it weakens the bargaining position for republicans in the final negotiations. but i don't know how much closer we are because i think it strengthens the liberals in the democratic caucus, which is going to make it tougher for the republicans to accept it. because a weakened republican means a strengthened emboldened democratic liberal group. and i just think that there are too many moving parts at this point to say this is
it's still with us. it's still out there. the president made a last minute statement late this afternoon. where does everything stand? >> nobody knows, judy. what happened last night in the republican caucus is precedent shattering. i mean it really is. that john boehner could not get a majority of his own caucus to support what had become the republican position, endorsed not simply by him but by republican whip kevin mccar three an republican majority leader eric cantor. and it's a real...
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doctors use it instead of costly pap smears to detect the disease. that's part of our series with pri, "cancer's new battleground." and we profile a social entrepreneur whose company transformed bicycles into machines for processing corn and charging cell phones in tanzania. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll talk with the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, marc grossman about withdrawing u.s. troops and negotiating with the taliban. i'm gwen ifill. >> woodruff: and i'm judy woodruff. we'll see you online and again here tomorrow evening. thank you and good night. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions
doctors use it instead of costly pap smears to detect the disease. that's part of our series with pri, "cancer's new battleground." and we profile a social entrepreneur whose company transformed bicycles into machines for processing corn and charging cell phones in tanzania. all that and more is on our web site newshour.pbs.org. gwen? >> ifill: and that's the "newshour" for tonight. on thursday, we'll talk with the u.s. special envoy to afghanistan and pakistan, marc...
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they still didn't know what they want to use this moment for. at least the president wants to pass the tax increase on the upper-class. >> the president does have the political advantage. he has the card, political cards. the republicans have put themselves in a position of seeing as trit butte of the deserving or undeserving rich. that essentially comes down to the point they don't want taxes raised on the richest 1%, one half of 1%, one/150 of 1% it is a terrible position for them to be in. but if some agreement is not reached, early in january then i don't-- i think that the political tactical advantage that the president has and the democrats have will be lost if the economy starts to go south on us. because it will lead inevitly to a loss of public confidence in the sector. >> but every friday you guys sit here and talk about the political calculations of our leaders. you know, they did that all the way through the campaign. you're suggesting that if i ask you what is the political calculation of the president right now or the republican, y
they still didn't know what they want to use this moment for. at least the president wants to pass the tax increase on the upper-class. >> the president does have the political advantage. he has the card, political cards. the republicans have put themselves in a position of seeing as trit butte of the deserving or undeserving rich. that essentially comes down to the point they don't want taxes raised on the richest 1%, one half of 1%, one/150 of 1% it is a terrible position for them to be...